Quotable Quotes

 
A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。(2008-10-10)
 
He that would know what shall be must consider what has been. 欲知未然，须思已然。(2008-10-09)
 
He who lives in glass house should not throw stones. 正人先正己。(2008-10-08)
 
A hedge between keeps friendship green. 君子之交淡如水。(2008-10-07)
 
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。(2008-10-06)
 
To teach a fish how to swim.孔子面前卖文章。(2008-10-03)
 
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today 今日事,今日毕(2008-09-30)
 
He that will eat the nut must first crack the shell. 欲所得，必先劳。(2008-09-26)
 
He that gains time gains all things. 获得时间就是获得一切。(2008-09-25)
 
It is luxury to be understood. 被人理解是一种难能可贵的享受。(2008-09-24)
 
Good to begin well, better to end well. 善始好，善终更好。(2008-09-23)
 
Good counsel never comes too late. 忠言绝不嫌迟。(2008-09-22)
 
He is truly happy who makes others happy. 真正幸福的是使人幸福的人。(2008-09-19)
 
He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas. 近朱者赤，近墨者黑。(2008-09-18)
 
Health is not valued till sickness comes. 有病方知无病乐。(2008-09-17)
 
All covet, all lose.贪多必失。(2008-09-16)
 
The weak wait for opportunities and the strong make opportunities.  弱者坐待良机，强者制造良机。(2008-09-12)
 
Happiness consists in contentment. 知足常乐。(2008-09-11)
 
He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere. 遇事多问，随处可行。(2008-09-10)
 
Greatest genius often lies concealed. 大智若愚。(2008-09-09)
 
He that would command must serve. 欲做先生，先做学生。(2008-09-08)
 
A clear conscience is a soft pillow. 问心无愧，高枕无忧。(2008-09-05)
 
Happiness takes no account of time. 幸福不觉光阴过。(2008-09-04)
 
More than 80 percent of one's life may be unsatisfactory.人生不如意十之八九。(2008-09-03)
 
Grasp all, lose all. 贪多必失。(2008-09-02)
 
A man apt to promise is apt to forget.轻诺者易忘。(2008-09-01)
 
A man is known by the company he keeps.察其友知其人。(2008-08-29)
 
Bare words, no bargain.空言不能成交易。(2008-08-28)
 
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount. 骑虎者难下。(2008-08-27)
 
He who stands alone has no power. 孤掌难鸣。(2008-08-26)
 
He who does not gain loses. 无所得即有所失。(2008-08-25)
 
He that knows nothing, doubts nothing. 无知者无疑。(2008-08-22)
 
He must needs go whom the devil drives. 势在必行。(2008-08-21)
 
He knows most who speaks least. 大智者寡于言。(2008-08-20)
 
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. 正人先正己。(2008-08-19)
 
Grasp the shadow and let go the substance. 舍本逐末。(2008-08-18)
 
Govern your thoughts when alone, and your tongue when in company. 一人独处慎于思，与人相处慎于言。(2008-08-15)
 
Good watch prevents misfortune. 有备无患。(2008-08-14)
 
Good fame is better than a good face. 美名胜美貌。(2008-08-13)
 
Glory is the shadow of virtue. 光荣是美德的影子。(2008-08-12)

Genius often betrays itself into great errors. 天才常被天才误。(2008-08-11)
 
Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven. 善行如日月经天。(2008-08-08)
 
Gather your rosebuds while you may. 有花堪折直须折。(2008-08-07)
 
Give a fool rope enough and he will hang himself. 授绳与愚，愚能自缚。(2008-08-06)
 
To be successful, you must be daring, be first and be different. 要想成功，你必须拥有魄力，敢为人先，与众不同。(2008-08-05)
 
A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷马难追。(2008-08-04)
 
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.行平常之事，得平常之果。(2008-08-01)
 
A smile is a curved line that sets things straight.笑容是一条曲线，却能使事情平直如弦。(2008-07-31)
 
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which ,if you will sit down quietly, may alright upon you. ——N.Hawthorn(2008-07-30)
 
A wise man thinks all that he says, a fool says all that he thinks.智者思其所言，愚者言其所思。(2008-07-29)
 
All things are easy that are done willingly.做事乐意，诸事容易。(2008-07-28)
 
Experience is not interesting till it begins to repeat itself, in fact, till it does that ,it hardly is experience. 经验直到自我重复时才变得有意义，事实上，直到那时才算得上经验。(2008-07-25)
 
Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal , there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life.理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。(2008-07-24)
 
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. 经验是一位先行测试然后才授课严厉的教师。(2008-07-23)
 
All is but lip-wisdom that wants experience. 凡是没有实际经验的，都只是口头智慧。(2008-07-22)
 
You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.人必须相信自己，这是成功的秘诀。(2008-07-21)
 
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.生活只是由一系列下决心的努力所构成。(2008-07-18)
 
Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.但凡人能想象到的事物，必定有人能将它实现。(2008-07-17)
 
Cowards die many times before their deaths.懦夫在未死之前，已身历多次死亡的恐怖了。(2008-07-16)
 
A great man is always willing to be little.伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物。(2008-07-15) 
 
Victory won't come to me unless I go to it.胜利不会向我走来，我必须自己走向胜利。(2008-07-14)
 
Beggars cannot be choosers.行乞者不得有选择。(2008-07-11)
 
There is no rose without a thorn.没有玫瑰花是不长刺的。(2008-07-10)
 
A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink.(Heywood) 一个人可以把马带到河边，但他不能令它饮水。--希伍德(2008-07-09)
 
One swallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。(2008-07-08)
 
Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.生活而无目标，犹如航海之无指南针。(2008-07-07)
 
The longest day has an end.最难过的日子也有尽头。(2008-07-04)
 
We soon believe what we desire.(Chaucer)我们欲望中的东西，我们很快就信以为真。—— 乔叟(2008-07-03)
 
Love rules his kingdom without a sword.爱情的王国不用刀剑来统治。(2008-07-02)
 
Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.--Socrates.别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。--苏格拉底(2008-07-01)
 
Teach others by your example.躬亲示范。(2008-06-30)
 
The style is the man.字如其人。(2008-06-27)
 
Until all is over one's ambition never dies.不到黄河心不死。(2008-06-26)
 
Wash your dirty linen at home.家丑不可外扬。(2008-06-25)
 
Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。(2008-06-24)
 
Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。(2008-06-23)
 
Offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。(2008-06-20)
 
Fear always springs from ignorance.恐惧源于无知。(2008-06-19)
 
Every little helps a mickle.聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。(2008-06-18)
 
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许多多好奇。(2008-06-17)
 
Every heart has its own sorrow.各人有各人的苦恼。(2008-06-16)
 
Every door may be shut, but death's door.人生在世，唯死难逃。(2008-06-13)
 
Friendship is like earthenware: once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it. 友谊就像陶器，破了可以修补；爱情好比镜子，一旦打破就难重圆。(2008-06-12)
 
Two of a trade seldom agree.同行是冤家。(2008-06-11)
 
East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. 东是东来西是西，两者永远要分离。(2008-06-10)
 
The eye is bigger than the belly.贪多嚼不烂。(2008-06-06)
 
One false move may lose the game.一着不慎，满盘皆输。
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Troubles never come singly.福无双至，祸不单行(2008-06-04)
 
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy.一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
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Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。(2008-06-02)
 
Heaven never helps the man who will not act.自己不动，叫天何用。(2008-05-30)
 
Happiness takes no account of time.欢乐不觉时光过。(2008-05-29)
 
God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。
(2008-05-28)
 
Blood will have blood. 血债血偿。(2008-05-27)
 
Better late than never. 不怕慢，单怕站。(2008-05-26)
 
Things at the worst will mend.否极泰来。(2008-05-23)
 
A still tongue makes a wise head. 寡言者智。(2008-05-16)
 
The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能载舟，亦能覆舟。(2008-05-15)
 
The higher up, the greater the fall.爬得高，摔得惨。(2008-05-14)
 
Many things grow in the gardens that were never sown there. 有心栽花花不开，无心插柳柳成荫。(2008-05-13)
 
Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea. 河流虽历尽险阻，也能蜿蜓流入大海。(2008-05-12)
 
No cross, no crown.不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹(2008-05-09)
 
Even the emperor has straw-sandaled relatives. 皇帝也有穿草鞋的亲戚。(2008-05-08)
 
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.脚踏两条船，必定落空。(2008-05-07)
 
To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune. 要真正了解一个人，需在不幸中考察他。(2008-05-06)
 
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. 有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。(2008-05-05)
 
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. 笑，让世界与你同笑；哭，独自去哭吧。(2008-05-04)
 
Happy is the one who is living with his hobby. 醉心于某种癖好的人是幸福的。(2008-04-30)
 
Be slow in choosing a friend; slower in changing. 择友宜慎，弃之更宜慎。(2008-04-29)
 
All human wisdom is summed up in two words—wait and hope.人类所有的智慧可以归结为两个字：等待和希望。(2008-04-28)
 
Every new sovereign brings his own courtiers. 一朝天子一朝臣。(2008-04-25)
 
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不能两头点，精力不可过分耗。(2008-04-24)
 
Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak. 峰高招风，位高人妒。(2008-04-23)
 
Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.智者嘴在心里，愚者心在嘴里。(2008-04-22)
 
Little things amuse little minds.小人无大志。(2008-04-21)
 
Life is half spent before we know what it is.人过半生，方知天命。(2008-04-18)
 
Every man is a poet when he is in love. 每个恋爱中的人都是诗人。(2008-04-16)
 
Like knows like.惺惺相惜。(2008-04-15)
 
Like author, like book.文如其人。(2008-04-14)
 
Kings have long arms.普天之下，莫非王土。(2008-04-11)
 
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.君王发狂，百姓遭殃。(2008-04-10)
 
Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。(2008-04-09)
 
Judge not from appearances.人不可貌相。(2008-04-08)
 
Jack of all trades and master of none.门门精通，样样稀松。(2008-04-07)
 
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.人善被人欺，马善被人骑。(2008-04-02)
 
It never rains but it pours.不雨则矣，一雨倾盆。(2008-04-01)
 
There is a skeleton in the cupboard.家家有本难念的经。(2008-03-31)
 
Example is better than precept. 身教胜于言教。(2008-03-28)
 
The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。(2008-03-27)
 
Every white has its black, and sweet its sour. 有白必有黑，有甜必有苦。(2008-03-26)
 
Every flow has its ebb. 潮有涨落日，人有盛衰时。(2008-03-25)
 
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you. 耳朵发烧，有人念叨。(2008-03-24)
 
Every cloud has a silver lining. 乌云后面有光明。(2008-03-21)
 
Every bird likes its own nest. 鸟均爱其巢，人皆爱其家。(2008-03-20)
 
The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.清者自清，浊者自浊。(2008-03-19)
 
Experience is the teacher of fools. 经验为愚人之父.  (2008-03-18)
 
Early sow, early mow. 种得早,收得早.(2008-03-17)
 
Each man is the architect of his own fate. 每个人都是自己命运的建筑师。(2008-03-14)
 
Diamond cuts diamond. 强中自有强中手。(2008-03-13)
 
The unconsidered life is not worth living.不加思考的人生毫无价值。(2008-03-12)
 
Your life, you can bring it with you. 你的生活,你可以随身携带。(2008-03-11)
 
Eat at pleasure, drink with measure. 随意吃饭，适度饮酒。(2008-03-10)
 
Industry need not wish.勤奋毋需盼望。(2008-03-07)
 
Prosperity discovers vice, adversity virtue.发达令人败德，逆境带来美德。(2008-03-06)
 
Wherever true valor is found, true modesty will there abound.真正的勇敢，都包含谦虚。(2008-03-05)
 
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。(2008-03-04)
 
Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. 道德可能仅仅在于有勇气做出抉择。(2008-03-03)
 
Today is Yesterday's pupil.昨日事，今日师。(2008-02-29)
 
At twenty years of age the will reigns;at thirty the wit;at forty the judgement. 二十靠意志，三十靠机智，四十靠判断。(2008-02-28)
 
Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. 苦难显才华，好运隐天资。(2008-02-27)
 
Optimists always picture themselves accomplishing their goals.乐观主义者总是想象自己实现了目标的情景。(2008-02-26)
 
Activity is the only road to knowledge . 行动是通往知识的唯一道路 。(2008-02-25)
 
Grief is itself a medicine.悲痛本身也是一种药(2008-02-22)
 
A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。(2008-02-21)
 
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。(2008-02-20)
 
An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聪明才智，不如运气。(2008-02-19)
 
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。(2008-02-18)
 
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。(2008-02-15)
 
A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。(2008-02-14)
 
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。(2008-02-13)
 
A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。(2008-02-08)
 
A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。(2008-02-04)
 
A man without money is no man at all. 一分钱难倒英雄汉。(2008-02-03)
 
All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。(2008-02-02)
 
A good conscience is a soft pillow. 不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。(2008-02-01)
 
A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。(2008-01-31)
 
A constant guest is never welcome.常客令人厌。(2008-01-30)
 
A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。(2008-01-29)
 
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.这山望着那山高。(2008-01-28)
 
All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。(2008-01-25)
 
A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。(2008-01-24)
 
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人。(2008-01-23)
 
A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。(2008-01-22)
 
A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。(2008-01-21)
 
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。(2008-01-18)
 
A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。(2008-01-17)
 
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。(2008-01-16)
 
All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。(2008-01-15)
 
All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。(2008-01-14)
 
A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。(2008-01-11)
 
An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。(2008-01-10)
 
A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。(2008-01-09)
 
A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。(2008-01-08)
 
All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。(2008-01-07)
 
A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。(2008-01-04)
 
A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。(2008-01-03)
 
A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.江山易改，本性难移。
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He is a governor that governs his passions, and he is a servant that serves them.(2007-12-29)
 
A little body often harbors a great soul. 浓缩的都是精品。(2007-12-28)
 
A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。(2007-12-27)
 
Danger past,God forgotten. 飞鸟尽，良弓藏。(2007-12-26)
 
Cats hide their claws.知人知面不知心。(2007-12-25)
 
Excess of sorrow laughs, excess of joy weeps.至悲是笑，至乐是哭。(2007-12-24)
 
A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。(2007-12-21)
 
All that ends well is well.结果好，就一切都好。(2007-12-20)
 
All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。(2007-12-19)
 
A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。(2007-12-18)
 
A light heart lives long.静以修身。(2007-12-17)
 
A leopard cannot change its spots. 积习难改。(2007-12-14)
 
A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜过美貌。(2007-12-13)